I was stopped in traffic when I hear honking beside me. I look to see this old guy in a beat up old pickup truck. He's running his finger side to side at my car. At first I'm thinking 'what? Is he giving me the finger?' No... my next thought is 'is he giving me the finger?' No... He continues to run his finger side to side and then gives me the thumbs up as he smiles. Finally I figure out he's saying he likes the car, or likes the lines of the car. So I give him a wave and a thumbs up and then he drives away. :D

This is the second compliment I got from really old guys. I was kinda hoping for the same reaction from young chicks... :p But then..... I'm an old guy myself.

 

The funniest compliment was when a tow truck completely cut me off. I rolled my window down at the light and told gave him heck. He got out of his car and said " you people with the fancy cars think you own the road" ...LOL

When I first got he car back in july 2003 . Their weren't too many around . I remember driving threw a parking lot the first day I got the car and some kid on the other side of the parking lot said "WHAT THE F@#K IS THAT!" .

As I left the parking lot all I hear was wispers ..."8" , "rx8",...etc.

Good times !

 

Same here. I got mine July 24 03, and my wife and I drove it out to dinner the next night for our anniversary. On our way back from La Jolla we were going through this one 'hood off PCH and this group of late teen/early twenty somethings started pointing at my yellow '8 whispering, talking, then finally someone yelled, "Sweet car!"

That doesn't happen much anymore, but it was pretty cool at the time.

 

I get the thumbs up, or teenagers speeding up to the car and just smiling and giving thumbs ups.
But the best one was when i brought her home, and i was driving in Streetsville on Thomas, and literally, a guy in a yellow 360 Modena, that's right a Ferrari, basically came to a complete stop (was in left lane going the other way) and stared at my car, while I was doing the same for his car.